Crocidura shantungensis Miller, 1901

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 20

Crocidura shantungensis Miller, 1901 —Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew

Crocidura shantungensis Miller, 1901 p.158 ; Type locality-Shantung, China; Jo et al., 2012 p.250 .

C. coreae Thomas, 1907b p.462 ; Type locality- Korea (Pyeongchang, Gimhwa, and Cheongju); Tate, 1947 p.60.

C. longicauda Mori, 1927 p.28 ; Type locality- Seoul; Tate, 1947 p.60.

C. dsinezumi quelpartis Kuroda, 1934a p.236 ; Jones & Johnson, 1960 p.562; Corbet, 1978 p.28; Yoon, 1992 p.26.

C. utsuryoensis Mori, 1937 p.41 ; Type locality- Ulleung Island, Korea; Won, 1958 p.451; Won, 1967 p.277; Won, 1968 p.72.

C. ilensis shantungensis: Kuroda, 1940 p.182 .

C. ilensis coreae: Imaizumi, 1949 p.80 .

C. suaveolens coreae: Bobrinskoy & Kuzyakin in Bobrinskoy et al., 1944 p.57; Jones & Johnson, 1960 p.567.

C. suaveolens: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.76 ; Corbet, 1978 p.27.

C. bolivari: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.85 (Ulleung Island).

C. suaveolens shantungensis: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.77 ; Won, 1958 p.451; Won, 1967 p.275; Won, 1968 p.66; Corbet, 1978 p.23; Yoon, 1992 p.24.

C. russula quelpartis: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.81 ; Won, 1958 p.451; Won, 1967 p.273.

C. suaveolens utsuryoensis: Jones & Johnson, 1960 p.569 ; Corbet, 1978 p.23; Yoon, 1992 p.24.

C. suaveolens: Won, 1968 p.65 ; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.9; Han, 2004a p.27.

C. lasiura quelpartis: Won, 1968 p.71 .

C. dsinezumi: Corbet, 1978 p.28 ; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.8; Han, 2004a p.25.

Range: The distribution of C. shantungensis covers the Korean Peninsula and most Korean islands ( Fig. 8 ; 3 rd National Nature-Environmental Survey 2006–2013 unpublished electronic data).

Remarks: Although C. shantungensis was regarded as a subspecies of C. suaveolens, Jiang and Hoffmann (2001) demonstrated morphological differences between C. shantungensis and C. suaveolens and treated C. suaveolens shantungenis as a separate species with the population in East Asia referred to C. shantungensis , as originally described by Miller (1901). Genetic investigations using mtDNA ( Ohdachi et al. 2004) and nuclear genes ( Dubey et al. 2008) distinguished C. shantungensis from C. suaveolens .

In Korea, Mori (1937) differentiated the Asian lesser white-toothed shrew on Ulleung Island from the peninsula population, C. s. coreae Thomas, 1907 and recognized it as the Subspecies C. s. utsuryoensis Mori, 1937 . Although the population on Jeju Island was considered a subspecies of C. dsinezumi or C. russula, Iwasa et al. (2001) identified the population of white-tooted shrew on Jeju Island as C. shantungensis qeulpartis Kuroda, 1934 ( Jo et al. 2012).

Conservation status: Although the North Korean government listed this species as ‘Rare’ (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002), the South Korean government deemed C. shantungensis as ‘Least Concern’ (NIBR 2012).

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FIGURE 3. Basal view of skulls of L. madshricus and L. coreanus.

FIGURE 8. Range map of Crocidura shantungensis in Korea.